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Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 99157

This covers each additional block of time that a separate qualified provider spends administering sedation medication and monitoring a patient during a procedure performed by a different physician. It is used when a procedure runs longer than the initial sedation period already accounted for.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider cost?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$100$58.88 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$57.54 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $47 to $126Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $58 to $229
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $78professional $100

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$389.05
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$100

AK $145DC $57.54

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.